June 22, 2009
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Flying onto and Hiking a Glacier in New Zealand!
More Details: Flying onto and Hiking a Glacier in New Zealand!The village of Franz Josef on the west coast of the southern island of New Zealand (whew, that’s a long “address” to give for a village) exists to share the Franz Josef glacier with those who want to see it. This glacier and neighboring Fox glacier are 2 out of 3 glaciers in the world…
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Along the Great Ocean Road and within Melbourne
More Details: Along the Great Ocean Road and within MelbourneDistances in Australia are enormous and, perhaps, they feel more so because there are a lot of vast empty lands in the middle (as opposed to us in the US where we have Kansas in the middle!). Yet my trip to Melbourne from Sydney felt short indeed as it does not require traversing the country. …